Dallas Cowboys Blog

Despite all the assistant coaching shakeup at Valley Ranch this week, the Cowboys won’t be losing Tom Ciskowski, the team’s assistant director of player personnel.

Ciskowski was one of several candidates to interview over the weekend for the Indianapolis Colts’ general manager job. On Wednesday morning, the Colts announced that they had hired Philadelphia director of player personnel Ryan Grigson as their new general manager.

The Colts had contacted the Cowboys last week and received permission to speak to Ciskowski, who keeps a low public profile but has risen through the ranks since he joined the club in 1992. He took over as the Cowboys’ director of college and pro scouting when Jeff Ireland left for Miami in 2008 and acquired his current title in 2011.

Former Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson tweeted Friday that he recommended Ciskowski to the Colts earlier in the week.

Grigson, 39, has spent 12 seasons in the NFL and been a part of eight playoff teams, including three that advanced to the Super Bowl.